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2 hospitalized after smoking Spice

New at five, another spice bust. As 16 WAPT's Hadas Brown reports, the synthetic weed sent two men to the hospital.

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Updated: 5:52 PM CDT May 12, 2015

2 hospitalized after smoking Spice

New at five, another spice bust. As 16 WAPT's Hadas Brown reports, the synthetic weed sent two men to the hospital.

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Updated: 5:52 PM CDT May 12, 2015

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WEBVTT NEW AT 5 - ANOTHER SPICE BUST-- AS 16 WAPT'S HADASBROWN REPORTS - THE SYNTHETICWEEDSENT TWO MEN TO THE HOSPITAL.WORKERS AT GATEWAY RESCUEMISSION SAY --THEY'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKEIT.SWEET: "LORD HAVE MERCY" PASTORMICHAEL SWEET SAYS HE FOUND 2MEN, REELING BEHIND THEBUILDING --HIGH OFF SPICE TUESDAY MORNING.SWEET: "THEY WAS REALLY OUT OFIT DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONTROL OVERTHEIR BODIES DIDN'T HAVE ANYCONTROL OVER THEIR SPEECH""LEADERS HERE AT GATEWAY SAYTHEY'VE SEEN RESIDENTS HIGH ONDRUGS FROM MARIJUANA TOCOCAINE BUT THEY SAY THEIREXPERIENCE WITH THIS DRUG WASDIFFERENT"BAKER: "IT WAS AN EYE OPENEREVENFOR US WHO DEAL WITH IT ALL THETIME"BAKER: "A GUY WHO YESTERDAYYOU COULD SIT THERE AND HAVE ANORMAL CONVERSATIONWITH IS SITTING THERE THISMORNING AND HE CANNOT SPEAK HECANNOT TELL YOU HIS NAME" A-M-RRUSHED THE BOTH MEN TO THEHOSPITAL. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORGATEWAY'S SAYS ONE MAN WAS ARESIDENT, BUT THEY WILL NOTLET HIM BACK IN.BAKER: "ONCE IT'S IN, IT CANSPREAD,AND WE DON'T WANT THIS TOSPREAD" SWEET SAYS, THE MENWERE LUCKY THIS HAPPENED WHERETHEY COULD GET THE HELP THEYNEEDED.SWEET: "I TALKED TO HIM. TOLDHIM DON'T TRY TO GET UP, LET HIMKNOWSWEET: "I TALKED TO HIM. TOLDHIM DON'T TRY TO GET UP, LET HIMKNOWTHAT WE CARE ABOUT HIM." INDOWNTOWN JACKSON, HADASBROWN, 16 WAPT NEWS.GATEWAY OFFICIALS SAY -- M-B-NPLANNEDTO STOP BY THIS AFTERNOON TOPICK UPTHAT SPICE SAMPLE FOR TESTING.

2 hospitalized after smoking Spice

New at five, another spice bust. As 16 WAPT's Hadas Brown reports, the synthetic weed sent two men to the hospital.